U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (e+i tour 2018 version) [Bass Cover]

PREMIER ON MY CHANNEL! I haven’t played this U2 song once in the last 10 years, even though it’s a basic U2 song. Since there are several versions of this exists, I will now present to you the version played on the 2018 e + i tour. I will show the version played during the Zoo TV era later. Good learning!

"Even Better Than the Real Thing" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the second track on their 1991 album Achtung Baby. It was released as the album's fourth single on 8 June 1992, and it reached number three in Ireland and Canada while becoming a top-ten hit in Austria, New Zealand, and Sweden. A remixed version of the song released the same year peaked at number eight in the United Kingdom and number 10 in Ireland. In 1997, readers of Mojo named the song the 71st-best track of the 1990s.

"Even Better Than the Real Thing" originated from a chorus guitar riff that the Edge composed in Los Angeles during the Rattle and Hum sessions. A demo of the song, called "The Real Thing," was recorded at STS Studios during the same session in which "Desire" was recorded. The band remarked that the song's guitar riff reminded them of the Rolling Stones, but that it sounded "deeply traditional." Consequently, it was shelved until the Achtung Baby recording sessions, when the band took the multitrack recording of the demo to Hansa Studios in Berlin in late 1990. The band made little progress on the demo there, as the Berlin sessions were fraught with conflict and difficulty in completing songs.

The recording sessions, as well as the general mood, improved after the band returned to Dublin in 1991 to record at the "Elsinore" mansion on the Dalkey coastline. The song turned around after the Edge purchased a DigiTech Whammy pitch shifter pedal, which created a "double octave sweep" on the guitar riff. The band rediscovered their sense of fun and incorporated that into the writing of the song. Producer Brian Eno originally argued against the song's inclusion on the album when it contained the lyric "There ain't nothing like the real thing", claiming the song had to be "more ironic." After the lyric was revised to "Even better than the real thing," Eno changed his stance and supported the song's inclusion. Lead vocalist Bono explained the song's lyrics, as well as why the title was lengthened to "Even Better Than the Real Thing": "It was reflective of the times [the band] were living in, when people were no longer looking for the truth, [they] were all looking for instant gratification." Richard Branson requested to use the song in advertisements for his "Virgin Cola" to compete with Coca-Cola (who had been using the tagline "the real thing" for years), but the band declined.

When the covers to "Even Better Than the Real Thing", "The Fly," "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses," and "Mysterious Ways" are arranged, a picture of the band members driving a Trabant is formed.

More details you can find here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_Be...

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (e+i tour version) [Bass Cover] | Backing Track by The Achtung Baby 30 Cover Project

Original song is written by U2 from the album "Achtung Baby" (Islands Records, 1991)

Technical details/Hardwares:
Bass guitar: Fender Adam Clayton Signature Purple Sparkle Jazz Bass
Amplifier: Eden WTX-260
Cabinet: Eden D112XLT
Soundcard/Interface: Steinberg UR22 mk2
Microphone: Shure SM57
Hardware (PC): Dell Inspiron 5547
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S10

Bass tunning: E - A - D - G

Softwares:
Sound recording: Audacity v2.3.3
Sound mixing: Audacity v2.3.3
Editing complete video: Sony Vegas Pro v12.0